> First an apology for the really stupid question I'll start
> with...I'm just drawing a complete blank here.
> System Info:
> Gateway 9100XL Notebook
> Pentium 350MHz
> 384 MB RAM
> 8.1 GB Hard Disk
> all Linux with 768MB of Swap partitions (6 x 128)
> 120MB SuperDisk Drive
> Xircom CE 10/100 Ethernet PCMCIA Adapter
> Caldera OpenLinux 1..3
> kernel 2.0.35
> First the stupid question....
> 1) How do I mount the floppy drive /dev/fd0 I've tried
> mount -t umsdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
> with NO success using either a SuperDisk or 1.44MB standard
> floppy formatted under WIN98. What the %^*&% am I missing??
For Win98 format disks, you want the vfat format, so use...
Q> mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
...instead.
> 2) Has anyone got PCMCIA working on a system like this? I've got
> it enabled in the kernel but it doesn't seem to see any cards
> and running cardmgr by hand get me a "no entries in
> /proc/devices" error in the log.
I have PCMCIA working with my notebook and the PCMCIA ethernet card
therein, but I'm using RedHat 5.2 rather than Caldera, so it's not
directly the same...
> 3) Is the SuperDisk and the Xircom Ethernet supported in the
> PCMCIA package?
No idea.
Does the SuperDisk plug into a PCMCIA adapter or the parallel port? If
the latter, look under the ParIDE subsystem for it...
> 4) What do I select for a Mouse and Video Adapter for X-Windows
> or kde here to get the built in Display and the little glide
> point thingy working I can't seem to get the mouse responding at
> all and am unsure on the video also.
Mouse is probably PS/2 so try /dev/psaux for that. Video depends on
what video chipset the thing's equipped with...
> 5) What type of sound drivers do I need to get that working
> here...I haven't tried to address this much up til now but since
> I'm asking.....
Depends what chipset the sound subsystem uses...
> 6) Is there any DVD Support for the DVD that is here as well?
> Not a necessity but it sure would be nice to have....
No idea...
> These are my five (or 6) core critical issues here, once I'm
> past these I can get the rest of the system going (I hope). I've
> done alot of Linux on "standard" machines but never on a
> notebook....
Is there anybody listed on the Linux Laptops helplist who has used
your model?
Best wishes from Riley.
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